Baseball

Gold team goes undefeated in the first week of baseball's Purple and Gold Series

Oct 29, 2010

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- A late game rally kicked off by a three-run
inning in the top of the seventh gave the Gold team a 4-1 win,
securing their 2-0 hold on the Purple and Gold Series at the end of
week one.

Three walks in the top of the seventh loaded the bases for the
Gold team, and a passed ball brought in Frankie Beech for the
would-be winning run for his team on Thursday evening. Redshirt
freshman Will Thomas and senior Casanova Donaldson followed up with
RBI singles to cap off the three-run inning, giving the Gold the
edge in the five-game series.

The Gold led the game from the get-go after a walk and an error
put two men on base and a sacrifice fly scored Zephan Guyear to
give the Gold an early 1-0 lead.

Purple bats tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when senior
standout Chad Oberacker doubled to right field, scoring Austin
Wulf, but couldn't gather momentum after the crushing seventh
inning.

Donaldson went 2-for-4 on the day for the Gold Team,
contributing one RBI, while Will Thomas went 1-for-3 with his first
RBI of fall ball.

Oberacker's hit was the solo shot for the Purple team; the
center fielder went 1-for-2 on the evening.

The two teams will continue the series next week, facing off on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 p.m. each day.